Accession number
PML 152523
Published
Oxoniae : E Theatro Sheldoniano, excudebat Johan Croke, 1698.
Credit line
Bequest of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Notes
Signatures: a⁸ A-H⁸ I⁴.
Large paper copy.
Includes index.
Dedication (in verse) signed "A. Alsop"; who uses the edition for a satiric attack on Richard Bentley.
158 fables in Greek and Latin; 10 in Hebrew (from the Old French of Ysopet) and Latin; 8 in Arabic (from Luqmān) and Latin; and 61 in Latin only (from Phaedrus).
Engraved frontispiece and title vignette engraved by Michael Burghers.
Large paper copy.
Includes index.
Dedication (in verse) signed "A. Alsop"; who uses the edition for a satiric attack on Richard Bentley.
158 fables in Greek and Latin; 10 in Hebrew (from the Old French of Ysopet) and Latin; 8 in Arabic (from Luqmān) and Latin; and 61 in Latin only (from Phaedrus).
Engraved frontispiece and title vignette engraved by Michael Burghers.
Description
[16], 128, [8] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (coat of arms) ; 24 cm
Provenance
From the library of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Contemporary calf, with gilt panel on front and back covers.
Classification
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Department